Friday, January 31, 2014
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)
was a Pensacola class heavy cruiser that escorted the Doolittle raid,
and fought at the battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, the battle of the
Komandorski Islands, the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall
Islands, the second battle of the Philippine Sea and the invasions of
Iwo Jima and Okinawa, winning eleven battle stars and the Navy Unit
Commendation for her service during the Second World War.
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